Light / Scott Palmer.

Author
Palmer, Scott, 1958- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Houndmills, Basingstoke ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Description
xv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Readings in theatre practice [More in this series]
    Summary note
    How has light influenced the staging of theatre throughout history? What does light contribute to performance? How does it make meaning? This collection explores the creative potential of light in the theatre. Through a wide range of extracts from historical accounts, new research and rare documents, some presented for the first time in English, Scott Palmer provides new ways of thinking about lighting as a creative performance practice. Focusing on elements such as: the emergence of lighting design in the theatre, equipment and techniques, the dramaturgy of light, its impact on actor, audience and playhouse and the semiotics and phenomenology of light in performance. The book reveals why light has such a profound effect on the audience's experience of a theatrical event.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • The evolution of lighting design
    • Light as spectacle
    • Light, the playhouse and the scene
    • Light and the audience
    • Light and space
    • The dramaturgy of light
    • Light and the body
    • Light as material
    • Gas and electricity, new tools and techniques
    • Techniques and tools
    • The lighting operator
    • The lighting designer.
    ISBN
    • 9780230551893 ((hbk.))
    • 0230551890 ((hbk.))
    • 9780230551909 ((pbk.))
    • 0230551904 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    2012032195
    OCLC
    806981212
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